We are very excited to announce that registration is now open for the first in-person meeting of the Southern California Users of Magnets (SCUM) meeting since before the pandemic. Please forward this announcement to members of your research group, as they may not be on the list.

As is the tradition for this meeting, there is no registration fee. Just fill out this short registration form (it should take about 5 minutes). The number of seats in the auditorium is limited, so please register early if you really want to come.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Lunch, coffee, dinner, will be provided to those who register before Sept. 2.

POSTERS: Those who wish to present a poster must also register before Sept. 2. If you indicate you would like to submit a poster, we will request a title after we have received your registration form. Please add poster titles to Poster Title tab on this web page. PowerPoints for the poster lightning talks will be requested at a later date.

IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND, PLEASE BOOK YOUR ACCOMMODATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. Unfortunately, even with advance booking, accommodation in the area is expensive.

Here are some details about the meeting:

When: Sat. September 24, 2022
Where: Engineering Sciences Building 1001, UCSB

Tentative conference program (subject to change):
9 AM-11 AM: Registration
10 AM-11 AM: Optional tour of UCSB Free-electron laser and associated EPR facility
11 AM-11:05 AM: Meeting opening
11:10 AM-11:40 AM: Galia Debelouchina, UCSD – MAS NMR studies of heterochromatin assemblies
11:40 AM-12:10 PM: Len Mueller, UCR – NMR-Assisted Crystallography and Enzyme Mechanism
12:10 PM-1 PM: Lunch
1 PM-1:30 PM: Brad Chmelka, UCSB – Scaling analyses of hyperpolarization transfer across interfaces in DNP-NMR
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Lightning poster introductions
2:30 PM-3:30 PM: Poster session and coffee
3:30 PM-4:00 PM: Susumu Takahashi, USC – High frequency EPR for quantum science
4:00 PM-4:30 PM: Eva de Alba, UCM – Self-assembly and interdomain dynamics of natural and engineered inflammasome-adaptor proteins: Implications for the regulation of the inflammatory response
4:30 PM-5:00 PM: Glenn Millhauser, UCSC – Discovering the Basis of a Genetic Disease Using DEER EPR on a Recreated Organelle
5:00 PM: Closing remarks
5:15 PM-sunset: Picnic dinner at UCEN (short walk from conference center)

Sunday, optional outdoor activities:
Kayaking
Surfing
Hiking